| NOUN | plant | potato bean, yam bean, Pachyrhizus tuberosus | twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots |
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| plant | potato bean, groundnut, groundnut vine, Indian potato, wild bean, Apios americana, Apios tuberosa | a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers | |
| food | potato bean, groundnut, wild bean | nutlike tuber |
| Meaning | Twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots. | |
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| Synonyms | yam bean, Pachyrhizus tuberosus | |
| Member of | Pachyrhizus, genus Pachyrhizus | small genus of tropical vines having tuberous roots |
| Broader | vine | A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
| Meaning | A North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans. | |
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| Synonyms | groundnut, groundnut vine, Indian potato, wild bean, Apios americana, Apios tuberosa | |
| Member of | Apios, genus Apios | Twining perennial North American plants |
| Parts | groundnut, potato bean, wild bean | nutlike tuber |
| Broader | vine | A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
| Spanish | chufa | |
| Meaning | nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans. | |
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| Synonyms | groundnut, wild bean | |
| Part of | groundnut, groundnut vine, Indian potato, potato bean, wild bean, Apios americana, Apios tuberosa | A North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers |
| Broader | tuber | A fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage |
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